It’s now done and confirmed! Jesse Lingard will play for the newly-promoted Nottingham Forest this season and will have an option of another year.Ready for my new chapter ✨🤲🏾 let’s gooo babyyyyyy @NFFC 🔴🌳 #nottinghamforest pic.twitter.com/O4Q4mkThpN— Jesse Lingard (@JesseLingard) July 21, 2022 The 29-year-old put an end to months of speculation regarding his future. He wasn’t going to stay at Manchester United, where he was under-appreciated, and West Ham wouldn’t offer him a mammoth contract – but Premier League newcomers showed that they really wanted a player of such quality and experience. So, they agreed to hand Lingard a contract worth around $200,000 per week. After taxes, he will be left with approximately $7 million for just one season. If Forest manage to survive in the league, Lingard will pocket even more money for his efforts.The forest is spreading – Nottingham close to that 100 million markThe 32-times capped Englishman has completed a medical and will travel with Steve Cooper’s squad to Germany on Friday ahead of a pre-season friendly against Union Berlin the following day. But before he hit the road, the talented midfielder published a short video on his social media channels to announce his new team.Lingard, who came through the United youth system and made 232 senior appearances, received interest from clubs in the UK and overseas, but his preference was to stay in the Premier League.##NAJAVA_MECA_6515415##Nottingham Forest, managed by the charismatic Cooper, have so far brought in Taiwo Awoniyi, Neco Williams, Moussa Niakhate, Guilian Biancone, Omar Richards, Lewis O’Brien, Harry Toffolo, Brandon Aguilera and Wayne Hennessey, with Dean Henderson also arriving on loan from Manchester United.
